Thursday 6 May 2010 07.28 EDT
First published on Thursday 6 May 2010 07.28 EDT

For at least one of the redheads terrorised in MIA's Born Free video, the persecution shows no sign of letting up. Ian Hamrick, a 12-year-old who is "murdered" in the controversial clip, has reportedly been dropped from his next gig – a music video for Shakira.

Hamrick was one of Born Free's break-out stars, if you can call it that. Rarely has a child so angelically cute been, er, shot in the face by fictional storm-troopers, prompting TMZ to seek him out and drag him into the studio. "[MIA] was trying to show violence to end violence," Hamrick said, although he admitted he hadn't seen the full video. "It's for the adults and people in different countries that are doing the genocide in real life, whether that be to Italians or Africans." Italians?

Unfortunately, Hamrick's 15 minutes may soon be up. He was allegedly cast in a "feature role" for a new video by Shakira. This was no minor B-side, either – Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) is the official anthem of the 2010 World Cup. South African band Freshlyground join Shakira on the track, and video will reportedly be released in 3D.

However, TMZ claims Hamrick's Waka Waka role has been cut. Although he had "shot several scenes", none of these will make the final video. Instead, Hamrick will appear only in a crowd shot.

While the stars of this year's World Cup anthem may not wish their audience to be reminded of MIA's ginger genocide, perhaps Hamrick should make some calls to Romain Gavras, who directed the Born Free video. The son of film-maker Costa Gavras is apparently completing a feature-length movie called Redheads. Surely there's room for a Hamrick cameo?